Physiology - Activity and Metabolic Rate
Heat production from the human body at some common activities
Sponsored Links
| Activity | Human Metabolic Rate | |
| (W/m2) | (Met) | |
| Laying down | 46 | 0.8 |
| Sitting, relaxed | 58 | 1.0 |
| Standing, relaxed | 70 | 1.2 |
| Sitting activity (office work, school etc.) | 70 | 1.2 |
| Standing activity (shop, laboratory etc.) | 93 | 1.6 |
| Moving activity (house work, work at machines etc.) | 116 | 2.0 |
| Harder activity (hard work at machines, works shops etc. ) | 165 | 2.8 |
The mean surface area of the human body is approximately 1.8 m2.
Sponsored Links
Sponsored Links
Engineering ToolBox - SketchUp Edition - Online 3D modeling!
Engineering ToolBox - SketchUp Edition - enabled for use with the amazing, fun and free Google SketchUp.
Search the ToolBox
© The Engineering ToolBox 2005
9 10 26
